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Haemorrhagic periostitis of the shafts of several of the long bones, with separation of the epiphyses.
Trans. path. Soc. Lond., 27, 219-22. 1876.
Craniohypophyseal xanthomatosis was first reported by Sir Thomas Smith (see also No. 6359). Hand in 1893 (No. 6361), Schüller in 1915 (No. 6362), and Christian in 1919 (No. 6363) also reported cases, and the condition became known as the “Hand–Schüller–Christian syndrome”.
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